尘 (塵) chén

1. chén noun dust; dirt
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 尘土 (Guoyu '塵' n 1; Kroll 2015 '塵' 1, p. 45; Mathews 1931 '塵', p. 40; Unihan '塵'; XHZD '尘' 1, p. 82)
2. chén noun a trace; a track
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 尘 is synonymous with 踪迹 in this sense (Guoyu '塵' n 3; Kroll 2015 '塵' 1a, p. 45)
3. chén noun ashes; cinders
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 灰土 (Guoyu '塵' 1; Unihan '塵')
4. chén noun a war; a battle
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 战事 (Guoyu '塵' n 2)
5. chén noun this world
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 世俗 (Guoyu '塵' n 4; Kroll 2015 '塵' 2, p. 45; Mathews 1931 '塵', p. 40; XHZD '尘' 2, p. 82)
6. chén proper noun Chen
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '塵' n 6)
7. chén verb to pollute
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '塵' v)
8. chén adverb long term; permanent
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '塵' adv)

Contained in

• 凡尘(凡塵) mundane world; this mortal coil
• 滤尘器(濾塵器) dust filter
• 逸尘(逸塵) outstanding; above the common; out of the ordinary
• 尘螨(塵蟎) dust mite
• 超轶绝尘(超軼絕塵) to pass far beyond the ordinary
• 绝尘(絕塵) to have no dust ; to cut off the secular world; to transcend the human world ; to run rapidly ; to break off communication
• 尘埃落定(塵埃落定) the dust has settled; to get sorted out; to be finalized ; Red Poppies
• 尘巴(塵巴) a whisk
• 烟尘(煙塵) smoke and dust; air pollution
• 步人后尘(步人後塵) to follow in other people's footsteps
• 尘填(塵填) the human world
• 飘尘(飄塵) floating dust; atmospheric particles
• 封尘(封塵) to gather dust
• 征尘(征塵) the dust of a long journey
• 沙尘暴(沙塵暴) a sandstorm
• 粉尘(粉塵) dust; airborne powder; solid particulate matter
• 尘土(塵土) dust ; the mundane world
• 风尘仆仆(風塵僕僕) lit. covered in dust ; travel-worn
• 一路风尘(一路風塵) to live an exhausting journey
• 前尘(前塵) past affairs
• 微尘(微塵) dust; a minute particle
• 尘凡(塵凡) the secular world ; ordinary people
• 满脸风尘(滿臉風塵) with a face full of dust; showing the hardships of travel
• 看破红尘(看破紅塵) to see through the world of mortals; disillusioned with human society; to reject the world for a monastic life
• 除尘机(除塵機) dusting machine; dust filter
• 降尘(降塵) dust fall; fallout (volcanic, nuclear etc); particulate matter
• 尘灰(塵灰) dust
• 尘世(塵世) this mortal life; the mundane world
• 尘垢(塵垢) dirt; filth ; secular affairs ; a very small particle
• 风尘(風塵) windblown dust; hardships of travel; vicissitudes of life; prostitution
• 除尘(除塵) to eliminate dust (i.e. filter out suspended particles)
• 尘羹涂饭(塵羹塗飯) dirty broth and dusty rice
• 纤尘不染(纖塵不染) untainted by even a small speck of dust; selfless and incorruptible
• 尘暴(塵暴) dust devil
• 尘云(塵雲) dust cloud
• 尘汙(塵汙) to pollute
• 沙尘(沙塵) sand
• 尘躯(塵軀) mortal body
• 尘饭涂羹(塵飯塗羹) dusty rice and dirty broth
• 车尘(車塵) dust from traffic
• 拂尘(拂塵) a horsetail whisk
• 尘念(塵念) worldly thoughts [of desire]
• 驾尘(駕塵) dust from vehicles
• 吸尘机(吸塵機) vacuum cleaner
• 尘劳(塵勞) toil
• 望尘莫及(望塵莫及) to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up; to be far inferior
• 扬尘(揚塵) to stir up dust ; to provoke a war
• 尘壤(塵壤) soil
• 满身尘埃(滿身塵埃) dusty

Also contained in

风穴一尘 、 赵盼儿风月救风尘

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷三十 Scroll 30 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 15
• 卷十六 Scroll 16 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 11
• 卷五十九 Scroll 59 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 9
• 第九十二回 Chapter 92 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 9
• 卷三十一 Scroll 31 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 9
• 卷十九 Scroll 19 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 8
• 卷二十六 Scroll 26 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 8
• 卷十三 Scroll 13 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 8
• 卷114 釋老志十 Volume 114: Treatise 10 - Buddhism and Daoism Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 7
• 卷二十二 Scroll 22 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 7

Collocations

• 埃尘 (埃塵) 埃塵連天 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷一上 光武帝紀 Volume 1a: Annals of Emperor Guangwu — count: 8
• 望尘 (望塵) 望塵受枉 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷三十八 張法滕馮度楊列傳 Volume 38: Biographies of Zhang, Fa, Teng, Feng, Du, Yang — count: 7
• 同尘 (同塵) 不能和光同塵 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六十五 皇甫張段列傳 Volume 65: Biographies of Huangfu, Zhang, Duan — count: 6
• 尘冥 (塵冥) 維塵冥冥 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧谷風之什‧無將大車 Minor odes of the kingdom - Gu Feng Zhi Shen - Wu Jiang Da Che — count: 4
• 尘起 (塵起) 城中薄墓塵起 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷九十 酷吏傳 Volume 90: Cruel Officials — count: 4
• 清尘 (清塵) 犯屬車之清塵 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《司馬相如列傳》 Biography of Sima Xiangru — count: 4
• 尘中 (塵中) 睚眥於塵中 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷九十二 游俠傳 Volume 92: Youxias — count: 3
• 慕容尘 (慕容塵) 慕容暐將慕容塵攻陳留太守袁披于長平 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷八 帝紀第八　孝宗穆帝 哀帝 廢帝海西公 Volume 8 Annals 8: Emperor Mu; Emperor Ai; Duke of Haixi — count: 3
• 维尘 (維塵) 維塵冥冥 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧谷風之什‧無將大車 Minor odes of the kingdom - Gu Feng Zhi Shen - Wu Jiang Da Che — count: 3
• 弭尘 (弭塵) 璧猶揚堁而弭塵 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷九　主術訓 Chapter 9: The Sovereign's Methods — count: 3